OUR NAIJA POLICE SHA!! BAALE AND OTHERS ARRESTED IN LEKKI

LAGOS—A combined team of regular and plain cloth armed policemen have stormed Oko-olomi village in Elemoro area of Ibeju-lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, shooting sporadically into the air. Fearing for their lives, the villagers took to the bush as the invading policemen arrested a traditional ruler, Baale Tunde Olowu, his younger brother, Lukmon Olowu and one Wasiu. The mission of the police officers is still unknown but lawyer to the community, Mr Paul Ogundele has accused them of over-zealousness and wrongfully using their position as law enforcement agents to take side in what he described as “a minor family problem.” Ogundele said one Madam Toyin Eleku-Bakare invited the police over allegation of “malicious damage, attempted murder and threat to her life.” He added that among the people he wrote the petition against was one Femi Bakare, her husband and that the Divisional Police Officer of Elemoro Police station for allowing himself to be used to sack an entire community, seized their cars and is working towards imposing an unpopular leader on the peaceful community. However, a senior police officer from Elemoro police station said that the police acted following a complaint of threat to life and attempted murder by Madam Eleku-Bakare and that all the suspects arrested had been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja. Meanwhile, Mr Ogundele has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone II, the inspector-General of police, IG, the Executive –Director, Civil Liberty Organisation, CLO, Amnesty International, Chairman and the Police Service Commission. Ogundele in the petition said, “The police at Elemero abused the power vested in them under 1999 constitution and section 4 of the Police Act, law of the Federation. The action of the DPO and others in dabbling into civil matter and engaging in lawlessness, abuse of power is an affront on rule of law and negative publicity to human rights policy of Nigeria Police and the IG.” Meanwhile, the AIG at zone II has ordered the matter be transferred to the X-Squared section zone II for detailed investigation.